Advanced Biology worked on re-creating cells with fruit roll-ups!!
Advanced Biology worked on re-creating cells with fruit roll-ups!!
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Closure Notice, the Athens School District would like to provide additional details which we are able to share at this time . . .As of Friday, September 25, the School District of Athens had a total of 3 students and 1 staff member who had been quarantined and all returned safely back to school. However, during the week of September 28, we began to see an increased number of students and staff who needed to be quarantined. By Friday, October 2, we were up to 36 students and 9 staff who had been/were quarantined so far this year including 2 staff who tested positive for COVID-19. Over the weekend more staff (1 coach and 1 certified) tested positive for COVID-19 and each staff member had been in first level contact with 21 students (including some from parochial schools)/2 staff and 26 students/3 staff members, respectively. This brought our count to approximately 83 students and 14 staff for a total of 97 people affected. In addition, we have more staff and students being tested Monday, October 5 after showing symptoms, so our numbers could increase further.
Our number one priority during this pandemic is to keep our students and staff safe from testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. We have done everything we can to model safe practices in our schools, yet the virus still reached Athens and hit us hard this past week and weekend. In order to allow everyone to remain safe and virus-free, we believe it is safest to err on the side of caution and move to a temporary two-week virtual learning model which will allow us time to clean and sanitize our schools so we can open back up on Monday, October 19 with a full population of students and staff who are all alive and well!
Interested in getting information for college? The "virtual" Wisconsin Education Fair will be held on October 7th and November 8th from 3-6 pm. Visit https://www.wefs.org/ for more information, to register and connect.
Virtual Journaling is a huge success in Mrs. Penney's room!
School Board Appreciation week is October 4 - 10th this year. The theme is “Strong Boards, Strong Schools, Strong Communities." The staff and students of the Athens School District appreciate our super school board. Thank you for keeping us strong!
Due to Covid 19, the School District of Athens is closed until Monday, October 19th. Virtual Classes begin Thursday, October 8th.
The Intro to Ag and the 7th grade Ag classes completed a cheese lab, where they had to evaluate the cheese on appearance, texture, smell, and taste. Some students enjoyed the cheese and others didn’t.
Kindergartners enjoy writing in a layer of shaving cream. It feels good, it's easy to erase, it cleans the tables, and it makes our whole hallway smell fresh!
Check out this month's special on Bluejay apparel!
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Tonight's Homecoming Football game against Thorp will be live streamed at the following site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTCCf1oyUnV2tkaGV2DCgLg/live
The High School Choir members do their part by wearing singer's masks during rehearsal. The Choir likes to call them "duck bills!"
October 2nd is Custodian Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our helpers who keep our buildings safe for all who spend time in them. We appreciate you!
Interested in a career in Information Technology? Want help paying for college? Check out this fantastic opportunity offered by Church Mutual!
Advanced math class is making use of the graphing calculators in class.
Third grade creativity with Ms. Larsen. A future architect or engineer?
Mrs. Diedrich’s 4th graders were conducting investigations exploring what owls eat...by dissecting owl pellets!
Mr. Westfall's physical education students social distance while participating in class.
The School District of Athens is looking for Substitute Teachers and Aids. If you are interested please contact Cheryl at 715-257-7511 ext. 102 or email cstrunk@athens1.org.
Trisha Giese, 5th grade, is using letter tiles to help her practice her spelling words!